Example sentences of "[is] the main " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still it was appreciated and that s the main thing . |
| 2 | The ancient , weathered oak is the main motif , a theme as much used and loved by the Romantic poets and painters as the old willow tree . |
| 3 | This is the main reason why I have not until recently felt able to face the task of transcribing them and editing them in the way they . |
| 4 | The sun is the main cause of skin cancer , the second most common cancer in the UK . |
| 5 | This is the main feature which saves Postscript from the slow execution normally associated with interpreted languages . |
| 6 | Over the past 12 months the price of lower medium quality tea , which is the main ingredient in the British cuppa and imparts that unique lorry-driver flavour , has almost doubled from 78p a kilogramme to 135p . |
| 7 | It is also a vindication of the lesson Weill , though one of Berlin 's most intellectual musicians , had taken from his mentor : ‘ My teacher Busoni , at the end of his life , hammered into me one basic truth which he had arrived at after 50 years pure aestheticism — the fear of triviality is the greatest handicap for the modern artist , it is the main reason why ‘ modern ’ music got more and more removed from reality . ’ |
| 8 | He said there was already 10 per cent more chlorine — which mainly comes from chlorofluorocarbons chemicals ( CFCs ) in aerosol sprays and refrigeration equipment and is the main cause of the ozone hole — in the stratosphere than two years ago . |
| 9 | But it is wrong and deeply offensive to suggest — as Robert Maxwell recently did after meeting with Erich Honecker — that this is the main reason they are fleeing . |
| 10 | ‘ If we have learned anything from the last few years , it is that availability is the main occasion and the trigger for experimentation among the young . ’ |
| 11 | Falcon is the main operator of the Owners Abroad group which includes Tjaereborg . |
| 12 | This is the main message of these ‘ Notes ’ . |
| 13 | This is the main fault of the book . |
| 14 | Its political inflexion contests the middle-class work ethic which is the main purpose of its message . |
| 15 | It is the main task of the trade union movement to create this unity . |
| 16 | Neutralising IEDs is one thing , but actually getting a terrorist into court and hopefully prison is the main aim . |
| 17 | This is the main highway from Istanbul , which lies about 100 miles to the east , to the Greek border , some 100 miles to the west , and although in most parts it has a good tarmac surface it is in the main single carriageway . |
| 18 | Finance , of course , is the main problem , especially as Stakis is winding down its land and estates division and is putting no more money into property development . |
| 19 | Carbon dioxide is the main cause of global warming — the Greenhouse Effect . |
| 20 | While the implacable opposition of Gen Aoun is the main obstacle in his path , there are plenty of other difficulties . |
| 21 | There are two sharp Mervyn Peake caricatures — by Gillian Hanna in a brief , chilling appearance as Leonce 's mistress , and by Derek Hutchinson , whose brutishly powerful Valerio is the main event of the evening . |
| 22 | The Stefan the Great Movement is not part of the Popular Front , which is the main umbrella group co-ordinating the opposition campaign , although many people are members of both . |
| 23 | Coal is the main fuel used for electricity generation in Britain and Germany . |
| 24 | However , if one turns to the report 's tables , based on a growth in energy demand of between 1 and 2 per cent a year , it makes little difference whether gas or coal is the main fuel used to produce electricity . |
| 25 | The difference in the context of carbon dioxide emissions from all sources in the economy is estimated at between 234 million tonnes if gas is the main fuel and 250 if it is coal . |
| 26 | Suggesting how Britain 's future military strategy might be developed into the twenty-first century is the main purpose of this book on post-imperial Defence policy . |
| 27 | But diversification is the main villain . |
| 28 | Resentment about the link has continued ever since ; it is the main cause of the present rebellion in Bougainville . |
| 29 | Lloyds Bank is the main sponsor . |
| 30 | Larvae may also be picked up by the bloodstream and carried to other organs ; and some might reach the anterior mesenteric artery , which is the main source of blood to the intestines . |